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“The kind of epic narrative that will have you scrambling for more.” —Stephen R. Donaldson

“Extraordinarily enjoyable… Erikson is a master of lost and forgotten epochs, a weaver of ancient epics.” —Salon

Inhaltsangabe

All is not well in the Letherii Empire. Rhulad Sengar, the Emperor of a Thousand Deaths, spirals into madness, surrounded by sycophants and agents of his Machiavellian chancellor, while the Letherii secret police conduct a campaign of terror against their own people. The Errant, once a far-seeing god, is suddenly blind to the future. Conspiracies seethe throughout the palace as the empire edges closer to all-out war with the neighboring kingdoms.

The great Edur fleet draws ever closer. Among its warriors are Karsa Orlong and Icarium Lifestealer - each destined to cross blades with the emperor himself. A band of fugitives seeks a way out of the empire. One of them, Fear Sengar, must find the soul of Scabandari Bloodeye. Yet traveling with them is Scabandari’s most ancient foe: Silchas Ruin. His motives are anything but certain, for the wounds he carries on his back, made by the blades of Scabandari, are still fresh.

Fate decrees that there is to be a reckoning - a reckoning on an unimaginable scale. This is a brutal, harrowing novel of war, intrigue, and dark, uncontrollable magic; this is epic fantasy at its most imaginative, storytelling at its most thrilling.

The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, bitter infighting, and bloody confrontations with ancient and implacable sorcerers. Even the imperial legions, long inured to the bloodshed, yearn for some respite. Yet Empress Laseen’s rule remains absolute, enforced by her dreaded Claw assassins. For Sergeant Whiskeyjack and his squad of Bridgeburners, and for Tattersail, their lone surviving mage, the aftermath of the siege of Pale should have been a time to mourn the many dead. But Darujhistan, last of the Free Cities, yet holds out.

3 out of 5 stars

Poorly introduced world made worse as audiobook

Von
Allan Jensen
Am hilfreichsten
02.06.2014

The Way of Kings

The Stormlight Archive

Autor:
Brandon Sanderson

Sprecher:
Michael Kramer,
Kate Reading

Spieldauer: 45 Std. und 29 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

5 out of 5 stars
494

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
416

Geschichte

5 out of 5 stars
415

According to mythology mankind used to live in The Tranquiline Halls. Heaven. But then the Voidbringers assaulted and captured heaven, casting out God and men. Men took root on Roshar, the world of storms, but the Voidbringers followed. The Almighty gave men powerful suits of armor and mystical weapons, the Shardblades. Led by ten angelic Heralds and ten orders of knights known as Radiants, mankind finally won (or so the legends say).

5 out of 5 stars

Die Geburt eines großen Werkes?

Von
Kid Khan
Am hilfreichsten
22.10.2012

Night of Knives

Novels of the Malazan Empire, Book 1

Autor:
Ian C. Esslemont

Sprecher:
John Banks

Spieldauer: 9 Std. und 57 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

2 out of 5 stars
1

Sprecher

0 out of 5 stars
0

Geschichte

2 out of 5 stars
1

The small island of Malaz and its city gave the great empire its name, but now it is little more than a sleepy, backwater port. Tonight, however, things are different. Tonight the city is on edge, a hive of hurried, sometimes violent activity; its citizens bustle about, barring doors, shuttering windows, avoiding any stranger's stare. Because tonight there is to be a convergence, the once-in-a-generation appearance of a Shadow Moon - an occasion that threatens the good people of Malaz with demon hounds and other, darker things....

Dancer's Lament

Path to Ascendancy, Book 1

Autor:
Ian C. Esslemont

Sprecher:
John Banks

Spieldauer: 16 Std. und 49 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
8

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
6

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
6

It was once a land ravaged by war; minor city states, baronies and principates fought for supremacy; and then the rival cities of Tali and Quon formed an alliance, and so Quon Tali came into being. However, that was generations ago. That dynasty has collapsed, and the regional powers are now clawing at each other's throats once more.

Forge of Darkness

Kharkanas Trilogy, Book 1

Autor:
Steven Erikson

Sprecher:
Daniel Philpott

Spieldauer: 32 Std.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
15

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
15

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
15

Forge of Darkness takes listeners to Kurald Galain, the warren of Darkness, and tells of a realm whose fate plays a crucial role in the fall of the Malazan Empire and surrounds one of the Malazan world’s most fascinating and powerful characters, Anomander Rake. It’s a conflicted time in Kurald Galain, where Mother Dark reigns above the Tiste people. But this ancient land was once home to many a power...and even death is not quite eternal. The commoners’ great hero, Vatha Urusander, longs for ascendency and Mother Dark’s hand in marriage, but she has taken another Consort, Lord Draconus.

The Lies of Locke Lamora

Autor:
Scott Lynch

Sprecher:
Michael Page

Spieldauer: 22 Std. und 3 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
401

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
367

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
368

They say that the Thorn of Camorr can beat anyone in a fight. They say he steals from the rich and gives to the poor. They say he's part man, part myth, and mostly street-corner rumor. And they are wrong on every count. Only averagely tall, slender, and god-awful with a sword, Locke Lamora is the fabled Thorn, and the greatest weapons at his disposal are his wit and cunning. He steals from the rich - they're the only ones worth stealing from - but the poor can go steal for themselves.

5 out of 5 stars

Mein Fantasie-Liebling

Von
Max
Am hilfreichsten
21.05.2015

Gardens of the Moon

The Malazan Book of the Fallen, Book 1

Autor:
Steven Erikson

Sprecher:
Ralph Lister

Spieldauer: 26 Std. und 3 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
113

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
104

Geschichte

4 out of 5 stars
104

The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, bitter infighting, and bloody confrontations with ancient and implacable sorcerers. Even the imperial legions, long inured to the bloodshed, yearn for some respite. Yet Empress Laseen’s rule remains absolute, enforced by her dreaded Claw assassins. For Sergeant Whiskeyjack and his squad of Bridgeburners, and for Tattersail, their lone surviving mage, the aftermath of the siege of Pale should have been a time to mourn the many dead. But Darujhistan, last of the Free Cities, yet holds out.

3 out of 5 stars

Poorly introduced world made worse as audiobook

Von
Allan Jensen
Am hilfreichsten
02.06.2014

The Way of Kings

The Stormlight Archive

Autor:
Brandon Sanderson

Sprecher:
Michael Kramer,
Kate Reading

Spieldauer: 45 Std. und 29 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

5 out of 5 stars
494

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
416

Geschichte

5 out of 5 stars
415

According to mythology mankind used to live in The Tranquiline Halls. Heaven. But then the Voidbringers assaulted and captured heaven, casting out God and men. Men took root on Roshar, the world of storms, but the Voidbringers followed. The Almighty gave men powerful suits of armor and mystical weapons, the Shardblades. Led by ten angelic Heralds and ten orders of knights known as Radiants, mankind finally won (or so the legends say).

5 out of 5 stars

Die Geburt eines großen Werkes?

Von
Kid Khan
Am hilfreichsten
22.10.2012

Night of Knives

Novels of the Malazan Empire, Book 1

Autor:
Ian C. Esslemont

Sprecher:
John Banks

Spieldauer: 9 Std. und 57 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

2 out of 5 stars
1

Sprecher

0 out of 5 stars
0

Geschichte

2 out of 5 stars
1

The small island of Malaz and its city gave the great empire its name, but now it is little more than a sleepy, backwater port. Tonight, however, things are different. Tonight the city is on edge, a hive of hurried, sometimes violent activity; its citizens bustle about, barring doors, shuttering windows, avoiding any stranger's stare. Because tonight there is to be a convergence, the once-in-a-generation appearance of a Shadow Moon - an occasion that threatens the good people of Malaz with demon hounds and other, darker things....

Dancer's Lament

Path to Ascendancy, Book 1

Autor:
Ian C. Esslemont

Sprecher:
John Banks

Spieldauer: 16 Std. und 49 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
8

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
6

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
6

It was once a land ravaged by war; minor city states, baronies and principates fought for supremacy; and then the rival cities of Tali and Quon formed an alliance, and so Quon Tali came into being. However, that was generations ago. That dynasty has collapsed, and the regional powers are now clawing at each other's throats once more.

Forge of Darkness

Kharkanas Trilogy, Book 1

Autor:
Steven Erikson

Sprecher:
Daniel Philpott

Spieldauer: 32 Std.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
15

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
15

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
15

Forge of Darkness takes listeners to Kurald Galain, the warren of Darkness, and tells of a realm whose fate plays a crucial role in the fall of the Malazan Empire and surrounds one of the Malazan world’s most fascinating and powerful characters, Anomander Rake. It’s a conflicted time in Kurald Galain, where Mother Dark reigns above the Tiste people. But this ancient land was once home to many a power...and even death is not quite eternal. The commoners’ great hero, Vatha Urusander, longs for ascendency and Mother Dark’s hand in marriage, but she has taken another Consort, Lord Draconus.

The Lies of Locke Lamora

Autor:
Scott Lynch

Sprecher:
Michael Page

Spieldauer: 22 Std. und 3 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
401

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
367

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
368

They say that the Thorn of Camorr can beat anyone in a fight. They say he steals from the rich and gives to the poor. They say he's part man, part myth, and mostly street-corner rumor. And they are wrong on every count. Only averagely tall, slender, and god-awful with a sword, Locke Lamora is the fabled Thorn, and the greatest weapons at his disposal are his wit and cunning. He steals from the rich - they're the only ones worth stealing from - but the poor can go steal for themselves.

5 out of 5 stars

Mein Fantasie-Liebling

Von
Max
Am hilfreichsten
21.05.2015

New Spring

The Wheel of Time Prequel

Autor:
Robert Jordan

Sprecher:
Kate Reading,
Michael Kramer

Spieldauer: 12 Std. und 31 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
78

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
40

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
39

For three days battle has raged in the snow around the great city of Tar Valon. In the city, a foretelling of the future is uttered. On the slopes of Dragonmount, the immense mountain that looms over the city, a child is born, an infant prophesied to change the world. That child must be found before he can be killed by the forces of the Shadow.

5 out of 5 stars

Fantasyfaszintaion für alte und neue Leser

Von
H. Harder
Am hilfreichsten
23.01.2008

The Black Prism

Lightbringer Trilogy Book One

Autor:
Brent Weeks

Sprecher:
Simon Vance

Spieldauer: 21 Std. und 31 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
189

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
168

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
168

Gavin Guile is the Prism, the most powerful man in the world. He is high priest and emperor, a man whose power, wit, and charm are all that preserves a tenuous peace. But Prisms never last, and Guile knows exactly how long he has left to live: Five years to achieve five impossible goals. But when Guile discovers he has a son, born in a far kingdom after the war that put him in power, he must decide how much he's willing to pay to protect a secret that could tear his world apart.

5 out of 5 stars

Überraschung

Von
Christian
Am hilfreichsten
10.03.2013

Hyperion

Autor:
Dan Simmons

Sprecher:
Marc Vietor,
Allyson Johnson,
Kevin Pariseau,
und andere

Spieldauer: 20 Std. und 44 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
189

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
153

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
154

On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature called the Shrike. There are those who worship it. There are those who fear it. And there are those who have vowed to destroy it. In the Valley of the Time Tombs, where huge, brooding structures move backward through time, the Shrike waits for them all.

5 out of 5 stars

Space Opera at it's best

Von
Roger Schweingruber
Am hilfreichsten
11.05.2011

The Painted Man

The Demon Cycle, Book 1

Autor:
Peter V. Brett

Sprecher:
Colin Mace

Spieldauer: 16 Std. und 54 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
226

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
219

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
220

The stunning debut fantasy novel from author Peter V. Brett. The Painted Man, book one of the Demon Cycle, is a captivating and thrilling fantasy adventure, pulling the reader into a world of demons, darkness and heroes. Voted one of the top ten fantasy novels of 2008 by amazon.co.uk. Sometimes there is very good reason to be afraid of the dark…Eleven-year-old Arlen lives with his parents on their small farmstead, half a day's ride from the isolated hamlet of Tibbet's Brook.

5 out of 5 stars

Great book

Von
Tobias Günther
Am hilfreichsten
14.06.2015

The Mountains Rise

Embers of Illeniel, Book 1

Autor:
Michael G. Manning

Sprecher:
Alex Wyndham

Spieldauer: 13 Std. und 7 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
7

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
7

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
7

**See author's note on adult content below.** From the dark depths of the past, comes the tale of the first wizard of Illeniel. Daniel Tennick lived simply, a young shepherd with few troubles and little to occupy his mind, until the warden appeared. Daniel's power awakens, and he finds himself hunted by the servants of the cruel and uncaring forest gods. Trapped by his gift, Daniel will uncover the secrets of the deep woods and those who live there, a civilization created from the grave of an older one.

Deadhouse Landing

Path to Ascendancy, Book 2

Autor:
Ian C Esslemont

Sprecher:
John Banks

Spieldauer: 15 Std. und 37 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

5 out of 5 stars
1

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
1

Geschichte

4 out of 5 stars
1

Returning fans to the turbulent early history of what would become the Malazan Empire, the second chapter in Ian C. Esslemont's thrilling new epic fantasy sequence.... After the disappointments of Li Heng, Dancer and Kellanved wash up on a small insignificant island named Malaz. Immediately, of course, Kellanved plans to take it over. To do so they join forces with a small band of Napans who have fled a civil war on their own home island. The plan, however, soon goes awry....

Prince of Fools

Red Queen's War, Book 1

Autor:
Mark Lawrence

Sprecher:
Sean Ohlendorf

Spieldauer: 13 Std. und 10 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
50

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
49

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
49

The Red Queen is old but the kings of the Broken Empire fear her as they fear no other. Her grandson Jalan Kendeth is a coward, a cheat, and a womaniser; and 10th in line to the throne. While his grandmother shapes the destiny of millions, Prince Jalan pursues his debauched pleasures. Until he gets entangled with Snorri ver Snagason, a huge Norse axe man, and dragged against his will to the icy north.

4 out of 5 stars

The narrator is excellent

Von
Harald
Am hilfreichsten
01.07.2014

The Black Company

Chronicles of The Black Company, Book 1

Autor:
Glen Cook

Sprecher:
Marc Vietor

Spieldauer: 10 Std. und 54 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4 out of 5 stars
29

Sprecher

4 out of 5 stars
24

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
23

Some feel the Lady, newly risen from centuries in thrall, stands between humankind and evil. Some feel she is evil itself. The hardbitten men of the Black Company take their pay and do what they must, burying their doubts with their dead - until the prophesy: The White Rose has been reborn, somewhere, to embody good once more. There must be a way for the Black Company to find her....

Leviathan Wakes

The Expanse, Book 1

Autor:
James S. A. Corey

Sprecher:
Jefferson Mays

Spieldauer: 19 Std. und 9 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
474

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
455

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
452

Far EastHumanity has colonized the planets - interstellar travel is still beyond our reach, but the solar system has become a dense network of colonies. But there are tensions - the mineral-rich outer planets resent their dependence on Earth and Mars and the political and military clout they wield over the Belt and beyond. Now, when Captain Jim Holden's ice miner stumbles across a derelict, abandoned ship, he uncovers a secret that threatens to throw the entire system into war.

3 out of 5 stars

Gute Story - Sprecher Naja

Von
Nachtflug
Am hilfreichsten
05.06.2016

The Red Knight

Autor:
Miles Cameron

Sprecher:
Matthew Wolf

Spieldauer: 30 Std. und 31 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

4.5 out of 5 stars
37

Sprecher

4.5 out of 5 stars
36

Geschichte

4.5 out of 5 stars
36

Forget George and the dragon. Forget Sir Lancelot and tales of knightly exploits. This is dirty, bloody work. This is violent, visceral action. This is a mercenary knight as you've never seen one before. Twenty-eight florins a month is a huge price to pay for a man to stand between you and the Wild. Twenty-eight florins a month is nowhere near enough when a wyvern's jaws snap shut on your helmet in the hot stink of battle, and the beast starts to rip the head from your shoulders.

4 out of 5 stars

Geschichte steckt fest

Von
Max
Am hilfreichsten
10.05.2016

Legend

Drenai, Book 1

Autor:
David Gemmell

Sprecher:
Sean Barrett

Spieldauer: 13 Std. und 13 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

5 out of 5 stars
9

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
9

Geschichte

5 out of 5 stars
9

Druss, Captain of the Axe: the stories of his life were told everywhere. Instead of the wealth and fame he could have claimed, he had chosen a mountain lair, high in the lonely country bordering on the clouds. There the grizzled old warrior kept company with snow leopards and awaited his old enemy, death.

The Lady of Crows

Raven's Shadow, Book 0.5

Autor:
Anthony Ryan

Sprecher:
Steven Brand

Spieldauer: 2 Std. und 2 Min.

Ungekürztes

Gesamt

5 out of 5 stars
1

Sprecher

5 out of 5 stars
1

Geschichte

5 out of 5 stars
1

A quest for bloody vengeance forces Derla, a skilled veteran of the Varinshold underworld, into the service of arch schemer King Janus. Charged with protecting the renowned drunkard and cardsharp Sentes Mustor, Derla finds herself drawn into a high stakes game with the notorious criminal overlord known as One Eye.